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ENRICHEnabling Research in Care Homes
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Read the real-life experiences of people involved in care home research.
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Improving the Management of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) in Care Homes
Emma Randle, Clinical Studies Officer (CSO) at The National Centre for Mental Health, The Barberry, Birmingham
In this blog post, Emma Randle, who is the Clinical Studies Officer (CSO) at The National Centre for Mental Health, The Barberry, Birmingham, reflects on the MEDREV study, which was led by Dr Ian Maidment, a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy at Aston University. The study tested the feasibility of staff training (for care home staff and GPs) and medication review (by specialist pharmacists) to limit inappropriate prescribing of psychotropics for Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) in people with dementia in care homes.
Getting to the nub of the issue: Involving people who are living with dementia
Anna Volkmer, Speech and Language Therapist/NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow, University College London
Anna completed her undergraduate speech and language therapy degree at UCL, in 2002, before embarking on a career working in neurological conditions, such as dementia. In this blog post, she outlines how patient and public involvement has strengthened her PhD project.
East Midlands showcase their research muscles in Research in Ageing Network Discussion Paper
Chris Craig, Research in Ageing Network Coordinator, Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) East Midlands
Turning the spotlight on care home research happening across the East Midlands, Chris Craig discovers the breadth of research expertise in the region.
Taking part in research – What’s in it for the Care Homes?
Fawn Harrad, ENRICH Facilitator, NIHR West Midlands
Exploring why care homes should engage in research, and how staff & residents benefit
My experience of Research and the REACH Study
Carinna Uy, Staff Nurse, Kineton Manor Nursing Home
In this blog post, Carinna UY, Senior Nurse from Kineton Manor Nursing Home in Warwick, speaks with ENRICH West Midlands Facilitator Fawn Harrad about her experience of taking part in a local study
Dementia – Potentially modifiable or not?
Professor Gill Livingston, University College London
As a doctor researcher within UCL psychiatry, I am concerned with what works to help people with dementia and their families and to generate and help implement research which makes a difference to future dementia challenges.
Research in care homes, five years on
Professor Steve Iliffe, University College London
Providing an update from the recemt Care Home Medicine conference.
How to make friends and influence people…in care homes.
Victoria Simmons, Research Assistant, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Upon your arrival at a care home the last thing you want to see as a researcher is the care staff cowering away in the kitchen and the face drop of a visiting relative.
Understanding older people’s experiences of living with sight loss in care homes
Pamela Lacy, Research & Dissemination Manager, Thomas Pocklington Trust
There is a growing body of research into the issues of sight loss in older age. However, little focuses explicitly on the perspectives of older people living in residential care.
Sustaining research involvement until the end of the project – response rates and retention
Danni Collingridge Moore, Senior Research Associate, Division of Health Research, Lancaster University
It easy to think at the beginning of a study that once care homes have been recruited, the rest of the study will be plain sailing…. think again!